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When trying to add a shadow / outline or something from effects on to a layered or grouped item the outline lets say turns green instead of red. Why would this be? I can't for the life of me work it out.
P.s. I am a newbie to Affinity products and the forum.
Thank you
Andrew Windsor.
bowling1.afdesign

Hi all Affinity Photo friends, two questions:
Is there something like a Clipping Mask as in Photoshop?
It seems to be, that the tweaking made in Effects tab has zero effect on e.g. Masks and Adjustment Layers. In case I don't do something wrong or just couldn't figure out how to do it: This must be urgently added... Need to blur a mask non destructively all the time. If there is a possibility, please let me know, many thanks in advance.
Appreciate any reply!

Hey beebs!
I'm using the trial version, tried to use the Gaussian blur but it makes some edges when moved, I guess it made to after I merge the filter. I told my self it would be a rendering thing but it turned to be rendered with the edged as you can see in the photo attached.
Please I need help with this error!
Cheers!

Hello,
I have been wondering and trying to get a constant Blur around the sharp edges of a photo. I found tutorials for Photoshop but I couldn't figure out how to apply that on Affinity Photo. It used to be that the live filter layers could be edited by creating a mask but that worked really bad to not anyway and I am wondering if there is a way to have the outlines of a photo extremely blurred, so that it fades away?
Thanks.

This has been an issue for a while now. The blur brush tool adjustments in the tool bar (opacity, hardness and flow) don't seem to be doing anything. I've been using affinity photo now for about 7 months now. This never used to be an issue - the opacity, hardness and flow sliders would all have an effect on the blur brush tool. However all of the sudden, one day they stopped working and the blur brush tool is stuck on max blur! Can anybody tell me why or how to fix this? Note: these adjustments work just fine on paint brushes, burn/dodge brush tools etc its only an issue with the blur tool.

Hi all
I want to blur my mask.
If I activate "Gaussian Blur" as Effect of an Adjustment Layer, it does not apply the effect to the mask.
Checking "Preserve Alpha" has no effect either.
HSL mask in attached image selected by Alt+Click on HSL Layer
Greetings,
Roland

Hi guys,
I know Affinity doesn't have a Feather option, but is there anything similar? I need to apply something similar to Feather on a vector object, and I need it NOT to be rasterized in Photoshop. I tried the Gaussian Blur in Affinity, but that rasterizes the object on export. Anyone know a way or some workaround?
Thank you,
Chris

Problem
Gradients have bothered me forever, not only Affinity but every piece of software that has them. Turns out that both gradients and blur are subject to the same problem, which is that they are not performing the color average calculations correctly.
The issue is best explained in this video.
The gradient is on the left and the blur is on the right. The color between these two is too dark. This happens for every color combination. You can also see the edges of the gradient because it is being calculated linearly.
The fix below using gradients is still wrong because it still is victim to the darkness resulting from the bad average calculation. This is also a good example of the linear gradient issue because you can see a definitive purple line down the center.
This is my best attempt to fix the linear gradient and make it more logarithmic
This calculation issue is also extremely visible in the color chooser
The examples above are all using Adobe RGB, not sRGB.
Suggested fix
Idea 1
Because many documents are now using the wrong calculation, my suggested fix would be to add an option to the gradient tool for what type of calculation to use in order to maintain compatibility with older documents.
Idea 2
Take the Photoshop approach and just make it a document setting (and turn it on by default for new documents).
Result
Fixing this will result in a more accurate and pleasing gradient and blur tool.
Fixing this will also fix the linear gradient problem, which causes the center and edges of gradients to be extremely visible since they are not being calculated logarithmically to compensate for how humans perceive brightness/color.
Here is a snapshot of the video I linked above showing what the blur and gradient should look like:

Creating a seamless texture with a photo :
If I copy a selected part of the picture, the pasted copy of the part is always blurry.
Hoped this would be a graphic bug but it stays blurry even after updating the view.
Any suggestions ?

Hi Affinity Forum.
I´m using Affinity Photo iPad Beta 1.6.7.68 / iPad Pro 12,9" 1.Gen Feature request for the awesome Affinity Photo iPad App: Depth of Field / Tilt Shift with two finger functionality
With one finger the lines are going all over the place, it would speed up the workflow, if i can hold down another finger to keep the lines in horizontal position. Affinity Photo Mac / Windows already uses the SHIFT key to move around the lines with more control and that leeds to a much quicker workflow. Please add this feature to AP iPad, this would help to move around the lines horizonatlly and to stay in place.
For example:
I created a Affinity Photo Tutorial yesterday, i´m using the Filter - Depth of Field - Tilt Shift with holding down the SHIFT key on Mac. Jump to the section at 3:22 - https://youtu.be/R1EfFDQBzQA?t=3m22s

Hello,
Every time I zoom in, out or make an adjustment the image momenterally blurs a little bit and then regains its sharpness. I dont know what this is called. Is this something we can adjust with a setting? Because it seriously strains my eyes.
Thank you
2nd gen. IPad pro 12.9 AP 1.6.5

Hi I'm a car photographer and I just discovered Affinity Photo and love it I just have a specific edit I'm trying to achieve that I haven't found the exact tutorial for. I do a lot of rolling shots for cars and aside from the partial motion blur the camera does I need a way to intensify the motion blur when editing like in the picture. I found the motion blur layer and it didn't work exactly like the pictures, maybe I'm doing it wrong, but some instructions would be greatly appreciated! I want to note that I like the motion with the lines on the road not just blurred background and the car needs to remain in focus exactly like the pictures.

Hello,
I've been using Affinity Photo for a few months now and love it! but there's one thing that disturbs me everytime I use it :
When I add a png icon/logo (like the one in the attachement) and add put it on a picture, it always looks distorted or blurry no matter how high in resolution the png is.
I've been wondering if this only is a problem I have, or if I am doing something wrong.
Is there a way to fix this issue?
Thank you very much for reading
Leeyhan

Whenever i use my blur brush tool, nothing happens. There is no change in the photo whatsoever. Then when I use a tool to try to add a lens blur, nothing happens again. I follow tutorials to do this and I do it step by step. I am not doing it wrong, nothing is happening. At all. When I press undo blur, I see no difference.

Whenever i use my blur brush tool, nothing happens. There is no change in the photo whatsoever. Then when I use a tool to try to add a lens blur, nothing happens again. I follow tutorials to do this and I do it step by step. I am not doing it wrong, nothing is happening. At all. When I press undo blur, I see no difference.

Hi, just want to report an interface typo problem when i select a projection of a equirectangular photo.
interface typo is totaly blur like the screen shoot
all work fine but it's difficult to read...
Affinity photo 1.5.2.69, windows 10 64 bits 16 Go Ram

So this is a brand new issue I just started having. I am doing pixel work and whenever I move or flip the image, or even merge two layers, the pixels suddenly become a blurred mess. I am not even resizing them. They just blur randomly whenever I try basic editing. This pixel work is very important for the game I am working on but this blurring problem is stopping my entire production
ORIGINAL:
Flipped:
Merged
The same blurriness also occurs whenever I move these around the canvas if there is objects on the background.
Please help.

(Edit: Sorry for not specifying in the title but this is for Affinity Photo) The grid lines appear in the live preview AND after a full exported image. I watched them render and they are perfectly aligned with the render buckets. The effect happens with various "variable blur" filters, like field blur, depth of field blur, and lens blur.